Apparatus for collecting rain water for domestic and other purposes



K.VONGEHR.' Y APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING RAIN WATER FOR DOMESTIC AND OTHER FURPQSES.

) API LICATION FILED MAY18.1922. 1,429,051 Paten'ted spt. E2, 1922;

v Patented Se t. 12; i922.

f xun rvoneniin, o'rlrrrsrr, GERMANY.

APPARATUS Foa'coLLEc'rINGRAINY ATER ron DOMESTIC AND orri ia runrosEs.

' Application filed -May is,-

To QaZZJwJwm it may concern: l

' 4,.l92l;-France,-March 13,1922; and Great Britain March 15, 1922 and I do hereby I declare the following to e afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such. as

' will enable others skilled in they art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for collecting rain water for domestic and other purposes to be used for example in 'laundries, and one of the ob jects of the improvements is to provide an apparatus by means of which the first volumeof rain water which is ordinarily spoilt by dust and other impurities is removed, whereupon the apparatus is automatically set in! position for conductingj'the water to a place of use or storage. lVith this object inview my invention consists in providing a controlling chamberintermediate the rain w'ater'supply and the tank or the like which is adapted to discharge the water into a receptacle adapted when filled withfafcer 'tain volume of water to close the discharge from the controlling chamber into the same so as to cause the water to flow into the tank. Other objects of the invention will be understood from the following description. I In order that my invention, may be more clearly understood an example embodying the sainehas been shown in the accompanying drawing showing an elevation' ofthe.

apparatus partly in section.

a In the example shown in the drawing my improved apparatus consists of a tank f adapted to store the rain water, a vessel c having a bottom discharge a, a rece-ptaclen located withinthe vessel 0 and guided'by means of longitudinal rails 0 on rollers p,

and a controlling chamber 2) connected with the water supply and the tank f and having a bottom discharge 0 opening into the receptacle n. The receptacle 4 is suspended from pulley blocks e and is and its weight is balanced by means of weights 9 normally supported on brackets h secured tov a rela tively 'fixed part (not shown). The discharge is adapted to be partly closed by 1922. '1 serial No...561 ;992,i.

means of a valve cone-. orjdisk 8 provided.

with small passages't permitting the passage or a small amount of water. there-.1

through and the stellar of the valve ,cone 1s, connected by transverse; rodsg with? they. receptaoflex/t. lhe reCeptacle nwis provided wflith va bottom discharge mthe cross-sec}; tional. area of wh ch is equal to ora little" smaller. than that of the passages t. r The supplacethrough one or more pipes a," 0: and

with the tank f by a pipe d. The tank-f is provided with an overflow pipee discharg lIliflIltO the bottom discharge a,

efore'starting the operation of the sys-i.

.ply of therain water to the chamber b takes the chamber is connected at its. upper part 'tem the partsare in the position shown in the figure, the valve 8 beingremoved from its seat and opening the discharge 0;. The first volume of rain water admittedthrough the pipes. 0; or a which contains much dust and other impurities flows through the.

chamber b and into the receptacle n .so as so, 7

to gradually .fill'the same thoughapart of the water is discharged through theopen ings m, .until the gravityof the waterwithin the receptacle exceeds that of the weights 9, whereupon thereceptacle moves down-" wardand sets the. valve diskshon its seat.

Now the chamber 5 is'gradually filled'with Y p pure water which is discharged through the pipe (Z and; into the tank Though the water'from the receptacle n continues to flow through the openings m, the-valve{sis not raised from its seat, because a corresponding amount flows from the chamber 6- throu h the passage t and into the receptacle s.

long as the supply of rain water to'the chamber 5 is continued the'rece'pt'acle n re- *IIliLlIlS III ltS lowermost pOSltlOILlIl whichit' closes the valve s. 'Butwhen the supply of rain water is stopped, the receptacle n, 'is

gradually emptied, so that finally the weights 9 overcome the gravity of the water within the receptacle a, and the valve .9 is

unseated, whereupon the system is ready for the next operation. I

Preferably a packing-ring or" the like of rubber is disposed between the valve disks and its seat a, in order to securely closethe bottom discharge.

ence' has been made to a embodying the sameI WlSl'l it to be underthe construction shown 'in' the drawing, and

While 'n describing the invention refer articular example H.110?" stood that my invention-is not limited. to

' on top of said casing 0 and having a discharge-opening leading tliereinto, said discharge-opening having a valve-seat, a gravitating counter-balanced receptacle mounted in said casing 0 and means for guiding ittherein said receptacle having a leak-opening at its lower-end, a rod affixed to said receptacle and extending up through the valve-seat surrounding the discharge-opening and provided with a valve at its upperend adapted to seat on said valve-seat, said valve being provided With a leak-opening,

and a pipe leading from the preliminary. receivlng-chamber at a point above the valve-seat to said clear-Water reservoir.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my slgnature in the presence" of two Witnesses.

KURT vo eni-IR.

Witnesses I GEORGE JOLLY, RICHARD RADVINSKI. 

